Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. is an author and religious leader who was the longtime pastor for Trinity United Church of Christ. Born on September 22,...
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Yarrow Mamout
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Mamout, a man of remarkable resilience and industry, was born in Guinea, West Africa, around 1736. His life story is one of overcoming the hardships...
George Lisle
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George Lisle was the founder of Jamaica’s first Negro Baptist Church. He was also the first ordained black Baptist minister in America and also in...
John Marrant
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John Marrant (June 15, 1755 – April 15, 1791) was a freeborn Black American author, Methodist preacher, missionary, and one of the earliest ordained Black...
David George
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David George was born a slave in Virginia. He grew up on a plantation with his family and a master of uncommon cruelty. Both of...
Ralph Mark Gilbert
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A Legacy of Leadership and Civil Rights Advocacy Ralph Mark Gilbert, a prominent figure in Savannah’s history, made significant contributions as a pastor, civil rights...
First African Baptist Church
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The First African Baptist Church in Savannah is one of the oldest African American Baptist churches in North America. It was not formally established until...
Henry Hugh Proctor
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The Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor was the first African American pastor of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta, serving from 1894 until 1920. His dynamic...
E. K. Love
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The minister and missionary E. K. Love was a prominent Baptist leader and writer in nineteenth-century Georgia. Dedicated to fighting racism, Love was also a...
Boston King
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BOSTON KING, Methodist preacher, and author; b. c. 1760 near Charleston, S.C.; d. 1802 in Sierra Leone. Boston King was born a slave on Richard Waring’s plantation...